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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the riflemen do as the British retreat from the French?
(a) Guard the flanks.
(b) Conduct guerrilla warfare.
(c) Take the point.
(d) Guard the rear.

2. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?
(a) He ignores them completely.
(b) He reduces them to three simple rules.
(c) He gives his men a list of ten commands to learn and follow.
(d) He adheres to the book.

3. What do the lieutenant's clothes look like?
(a) Correct and proper.
(b) Tattered.
(c) Like an enlisted man's uniform.
(d) They are covered in blood.

4. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?
(a) Takes rifle ammunition out of a crate.
(b) Burns some crates.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Steals food in his field pack.

5. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?
(a) Head for the ocean.
(b) Stay where they are until the British main force finds them.
(c) March to Lisbon.
(d) Go to Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper do the night of the battle?

2. Who, of the men chasing Vivar, knows the contents of the strongbox and where Vivar is going with it?

3. How does Sharpe get a telescope?

4. What does Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?

5. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?

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